Chrysopilus laetus

Chrysopilus laetus
Chrysopilus laetus Patscherkofels, Tirol
Scientific classification Edit this classification
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Arthropoda
Clade: Pancrustacea
Class: Insecta
Order: Diptera
Family: Rhagionidae
Subfamily: Chrysopilinae
Genus: Chrysopilus
Species:
C. laetus
Binomial name
Chrysopilus laetus

Chrysopilus laetus is a Palearctic species of snipe fly in the family Rhagionidae.

The wings have a distinct, if interrupted, dark band extending from the stigma across the radial fork and tip of discal cell and a second spot near apex of Cu1. The body is mainly yellow.The first two antenna segments are orange.

References

  1. ↑ Zetterstedt, J.W. (1842). Diptera Scandinaviae disposita et descripta. Tomus primus. Lundae [= Lund.].: Officina Lundbergiana. pp. iii-xvi + 1-440. Retrieved 22 October 2022.
  2. ↑ Verrall, G. H., 1909 Stratiomyidae and succeeding families of the Diptera Brachycera of Great Britain British flies Volume 5 London : Gurney and Jackson, 1909.BHL Full text with illustrations
  3. ↑ Stubbs, Alan E.; Drake, Martin (2001). British Soldierflies and their allies: A Field Guide to the Larger British Brachycera (Print). London: British Entomological and Natural History Society. pp. 528 pages. ISBN 1-899935-04-5.
  4. ↑ Kerr, Peter H. (2010). "Phylogeny and classification of Rhagionidae, with implications for Tabanomorpha (Diptera: Brachycera)". Zootaxa. 2592 (1): 1–133.
  5. ↑ Oldroyd, H., 1969 Diptera Brachycera: Tabanoidea and Asiloidea (Handbooks for the Identification of British Insects 9/4) Royal Entomological Society, London
  6. ↑ Lindner, E., 1924-38, Die Fliegen der Palaearktischen Region 24 : (Brachycera). Stuttgart.